We have recently received several new address assignment plats from MLG&W for new single family and multi-family developments indicating that the new housing market is coming back to life. We haven’t seen this much activity since the crash of the housing market in 2007
when new construction came to a screeching halt.

Address assignment plats issued by MLG&W are one of the first indications of new developments starting to take shape. Once developers are able to get address assignments through MLG&W for new lots or units, they can move forward on filing final recorded subdivision plats with the Shelby County Registers Office and start pulling building permits for new construction.

Following are some of the new subdivision plats that have been issued:

Criss Cross Village Phase 2 (Collierville) – 10 Lots

Windsor Place Phase 3 (Arlington) – 29 Lots

Enclave Phase 5 (Germantown) – 41 Lots

Twinings of Collierville (Collierville) – 9 Lots

Rolling Meadows Phase 3 (Collierville) – 16 Lots

The Villages at Porter Farms Phase 8 (Collierville) – 11 Lots

We have received additional plats for 4 apartment complexes including South Junction Apartments and Harbor Island in downtown Memphis.

Please contact wendy@chandlerreports.com for additional information about these plats or to register to receive new building permits as they are filed for the development of these subdivisions.

With Shelby County’s new housing market recovery steadily underway at the mid-year mark, we continue to see new home prices rise with this year’s 2nd quarter new home sale prices averaging $257,931 making this the highest 2nd quarter sale price we’ve seen since 2008 when the average new home sale price was $280,372.

This year’s average new home sale price is a 6% jump over 2012’s second quarter average price of $243,677. During this year’s second quarter we also saw new home sales jump by 17% with 260 new home sales compared to 223 sales during 2012’s second quarter.

This is the most new home sales we’ve seen since 2nd quarter 2010. New home starts remained steady with 269 starts during 2013’s second quarter unchanged from 269 starts during 2012’s second quarter. Regency Homes continues to be Shelby County’s top builder with 65 new home starts and 58 new home sales during this year’s second quarter.

With sales outpacing new home starts for the quarter, we saw a slight 2% drop in unsold inventory with 870 houses in inventory as of 6/30/2013, compared to 887 houses as of 6/30/2012. The current unsold inventory accounts for 3.3 quarters, or 11.1 months, supply of new housing. At the end of last year’s second quarter, there were 4 quarters, or 13.1 months, supply of new housing.

As the new housing market continues to push forward there is some growing concern among local builders over the current lot supply within Shelby County which has continued to dwindle over the last 7 years slowly pushing up lot prices and in turn continuing to push up new home prices affecting the affordability of new homes in the county. At the end of this year’s second quarter lot prices averaged $43,079 up 13% from year-end 2012’s average lot price of $38,285. This is something builders will continue to keep a close eye on going forward. With increasing lot prices and the dwindling supply, we will likely see new home prices continue to rise through out the remainder of the year.

The 2013 Shelby County reappraisal has touched every property owner and forced city and county governments to raise taxes to just produce the same amount of revenue before the overall tax base dropped.

For the first time in recorded history Shelby County property values – including those in the city of Memphis and all of its suburban municipalities – dropped, by 3.9 percent.

The Memphis City Council is voting today on a new ordinance that will require owners of rental properties to register each property and pay an annual fee of $200 per property. The Council hopes that this ordinance will help reduce blight across the city by holding property owners responsible for property conditions. Click here to read the latest article from Bill Dries, Sr. Reporter for the Memphis Daily News.

The MED purchased 54.5 acres of vacant land located at 6525 Quince Road for $3.4 million on November 16, 2012. Click here to review the details of the transaction.

According to the Commerce Department, construction spending rose 1.4% in October, housing construction spending jumped 3%. Shelby County continues to see an increase in new housing activity, new home permits were up 89% in October. Click here to read the full story from Sarah Baker, Real Estate Reporter for The Memphis Daily News.

Be sure to register for our complimentary “Pulse Report” to receive the latest updates on local real estate trends. Our November report will be published this week. Click here to register.

The housing market continues to improve with 1,406 home sales recorded in Shelby County, up 36% from last year.

Average home sales prices were up 1% for the month to $123,399.

Year-to-date home sales activity is up 18% with 12,584 sales recorded through October and average sales prices are up 2% from the same period last year.

22% of home sales for the month were bank sales, up 21% from last year. The average price of a bank sale was $68,371, up 14% from October 2011. Year-to-date bank sales are up 26% from 2011.

Non-bank sales were up 41% from last October with 1,092 recorded averaging $139,221, a decrease in sales price of 2% from last year.

While there is an abundance of short sales activity and investor purchases, average home sales prices are hanging on, a positive indicator that the housing market continues to move in the right direction. Some local real estate offices report that 20-50% of their monthly sales are short sales.

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